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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU, together with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the HSE, has developed the outpatient waiting list minimum dataset. This allows data to be submitted to the NTPF from hospitals on a weekly basis and, for the first time, outpatient data is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Maternity and Infant Scheme provides that all pregnant women have a schedule of free visits to their GP - 6 visits for first pregnancies and 7 for subsequent pregnancies. In addition there is provision for an extra 5 consultations where a condition related to pregnancy such as gestational diabetes occurs. The scheme also provides for a 2 week baby check and a six week mother and infant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 to 410, inclusive, together. The National Ambulance Service (NAS) control centre reconfiguration project is reducing the number of control centres to one national system over two sites, while making a significant investment in new voice, data and mapping technologies. This will allow the NAS to deploy emergency resources more effectively and efficiently,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications Issues (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: At present there is no system of statutory registration for radiographers in Ireland. The Health and Social Care Professionals Council which was established in March 2007 provides for statutory registration of twelve separate health and social care professions including radiographers. The Radiographers Registration Board has been established and is expected to open its register shortly. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: It is known that obesity contributes to deaths from a range of diseases such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, angina and heart attack. It is not, however, currently possible based on official statistics, to estimate what portion of these deaths may be directly attributable to obesity. Funding provided for the Weight Management Clinic at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown is taken...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The public in-patient charge (€75 per day subject to a maximum of €750 in any period of 12 consecutive months) is provided for by the Health (In-Patient Charges) Regulations 1987 (as amended), made under Section 53 of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Under the regulations, medical card holders are exempted from these charges. I have referred the individual case raised by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including infectious diseases, paediatrics and public health. The committee's recommendations are informed by public health advice, international best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is an operational matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Second Stage of the Public Access to Defibrillators Bill, which sets out the requirement to provide defibrillators in a range of settings and for events which have a regular attendance in excess of 100 persons per day, was passed in the Seanad in June 2013. Approval was granted for the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to undertake a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is an operational matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Firstly, I wish to repeat that this tragedy should not have happened and that the untimely death of Savita Halappanavar on 28 October last year was a shocking wake-up call to the whole health care system about how failures in patients' care can sometimes have extreme consequences. I am determined that out of the sad loss of this young woman our whole health system will learn lessons that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In July 2011, I announced changes to the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), to support the mission of the Special Delivery Unit (SDU). The NTPF/SDU are working closely with hospitals towards achievement of waiting time targets. I am advised that, as part of this work in 2012, funding was set aside from the 2012 NTPF allocation to support Waterford Regional Hospital in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I am determined that the recommendations of the HSE inquiry into the death of Tania McCabe and her infant son Zach at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 2007, and the recently published HIQA Report of the care and treatment provided to Ms. Halappanavar, will be fully implemented and that any actions required will be implemented across our health services. To ensure this, I have...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I am very glad to have this opportunity to address the House about the 2014 Health Estimates. I am pleased to announce that I have secured additional funding of €37 million to provide free GP care for all children up to and including five years of age as a key element of the Government's programme of health reform. This will bring an end to Ireland's two-tier health service with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136, 154 and 155 together. As the Deputy may be aware, I received the independent report by Professor Oonagh Walsh on Symphysiotomy in Ireland at the end of May 2013 and the Report is under consideration. I met with the three support groups representing the women concerned in August 2013. At that meeting, I proposed to appoint a judge to meet with the women...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) as provided for in EU Regulations and Department of Health and Children Guidelines, does not provide for Travel and Subsistence expenses for patients or their relatives travelling abroad to avail of approved treatments. However the HSE, and specifically the TAS, may provide assistance towards reasonable economic air or sea travel fares for patients, and a...